Babs McMillan
Born
Australia
Occupations
  • Actress
  • director
  • playwright
  • teacher
[1]
Years active1970-present

Babs McMillan is an Australian stage, film, television actress and director, playwright and teacher, based in Melbourne She is best known for her roles in two popular television series during the 1980s.

Career

McMillan played the acerbic Sister Erin Cosgrove during the final year of television series The Young Doctors and dimwitted country bumpkin Cass Parker in Prisoner. In the late 1990s, she appeared in the Australian espionage drama Secrets.

McMillan has appeared in the movies Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Babe: Pig in the City (1998), My Brilliant Career (1979) and Hating Alison Ashley (2005).

On stage McMillan has acted extensively with the Melbourne Theatre Company. Apart from acting, McMillan has helped many students as Director of Drama at the National Theatre Drama School in Melbourne.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979My Brilliant CareerMiss Benson
1982A Shifting DreamingAnnie LockTelevision film documentary
1991DeadlyCoroner
1997Oscar and LucindaMrs. Judd
1998Babe: Pig in the CityMatriarch
2005Hating Alison AshleyMrs. Orlando
2009Chocolate FetishPrue KaiserShort film
2013CliffyMerleTelevision film
2024 The Honeysuckle Sisters CoachFilm

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974Silent NumberThe PostituteEpisode: "Something from the Past"
1975The Dick Emery ShowEpisode: "Episode #14.10"
1977Doctor on the GoNeridaEpisode: "Sunday Bleeping Sunday"
1979SkywaysMoira TrimmerEpisode: "Chalk and Cheese"
1981PrisonerMiss VaughanSeason 3 (guest, 1 episode)
1983–84Cass ParkerSeason 5–6 (main, 60 episodes)
1983The Young DoctorsErin Cosgrove8 episodes
1984Special SquadEpisode: "Return of the Cat"
1989Rafferty's RulesNurse McTaggartEpisode: "The Plague"
1993SecretsVirginia Drury13 episodes
1995Good Morning AustraliaGuest - HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2002Short CutsMiri LiebermanEpisode: "As a Row of Tents"
2002Legacy of the Silver ShadowNursing Home ManagerEpisode: "Tomorrow the World"
2009City HomicideFran BensonEpisode: "The Forgotten"
2023Celebrity House CleanerSheila2 episodes
2023Talking PrisonerHerselfPodcast (episode 58, 13 September 2023)

References

  1. ↑ "Babs McMillan". AusStage.


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